According to police, investigators said the father killed his 16-year-old daughter "for honor" and the victim's family initially tried to portray the murder as a suicide.

Pakistan police allege a father shot and killed his 16-year-old daughter in an "honor" killing after she refused to delete her TikTok account

Earlier this year, a man also confessed to murdering his 14-year-old daughter over her use of TikTok, which he claimed compromised her “honor.” In 2022 alone, there were 384 cases of honor killings in the country, according to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.